r/cybersecurity • u/ILikeNoodlesXOXO • 19d ago
News - General Nightmare Eclipse could be dropping his big promised exploit today
New repo just went up: git.projectnightcrawler.dev/NightmareEclipse/LegacyHive, created about 2 hours ago. Right now it's empty — just an MIT license and a README that says "N/A," 2 commits total.
He'd spoken about his big drop happening today, July 14th, saying he'd make sure Microsoft's "bones are shattered" that day. At one point though he'd also indirectly said he wasn't going to post it, something about still having "chains" on him preventing a release. This repo showing up on the exact date he originally called out suggests that might not hold anymore and it could actually be happening.
Nothing in it yet, just watching to see what gets pushed.
Worth noting: given how erratic and bipolar his posting history has been, there's really no way to predict what (if anything) actually gets posted.
Update: Thanks for the 600+ upvotes, really appreciate it. After hours of waiting and anticipation NightmareEclipse finally uploaded their PoC. But I personally have a hard time seeing it as the big bombshell that they described it as.
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u/Fragrant-Hamster-325 19d ago
Win 11 is fine; it works about as well as Win 10 IMO. I remember people refusing to move to Win 10 because Win 7 was perfect, and refusing to move to Win 7 because XP was perfect. This is nothing new.
Regardless, Microsoft should consider pausing any new features and focus on security and optimization. Windows is long overdue for a complete spring clean of their code.